Yeah, one of the biggest problems with EU4 from a gameplay standpoint IMO is that it does basically nothing to simulate the difficulties of ruling a giant empire, especially with a bunch of conquered peoples who in recent memory were independent. Once you reach a certain size in game, you have to fuck up massively for everything to collapse.
Right. And the game itself becomes tedious because you can't delegate responsibilities. Commanding a stack or two of troops is fun. Commanding 10 stacks (possibly on 3 fronts) where the greatest danger is 2 stacks ending up on a random low-development province together and losing thousands of soldiers to attrition is booooring. Same with a fleet of ships vs. several fleets that require micromanagement to avoid attrition on intercontinental voyages.
A better game would make you share responsibilities with intelligent AI - which would both save on tedious micro and lead to frequent entropy, as a region that doesn't need you and can defend itself can tell you to fuck off.
Yeah, one of the biggest problems with EU4 from a gameplay standpoint IMO is that it does basically nothing to simulate the difficulties of ruling a giant empire, especially with a bunch of conquered peoples who in recent memory were independent. Once you reach a certain size in game, you have to fuck up massively for everything to collapse.
Right. And the game itself becomes tedious because you can't delegate responsibilities. Commanding a stack or two of troops is fun. Commanding 10 stacks (possibly on 3 fronts) where the greatest danger is 2 stacks ending up on a random low-development province together and losing thousands of soldiers to attrition is booooring. Same with a fleet of ships vs. several fleets that require micromanagement to avoid attrition on intercontinental voyages.
A better game would make you share responsibilities with intelligent AI - which would both save on tedious micro and lead to frequent entropy, as a region that doesn't need you and can defend itself can tell you to fuck off.